Malcolm Wright | |
Country: | England |
Fullname: | Malcolm Graeme Wright |
Birth Date: | 2 June 1926 |
Birth Place: | Kandy, Central Province, British Ceylon |
Death Place: | Cheltenham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Batting: | Left-handed |
Club1: | Oxford University |
Year1: | 1950 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 35 |
Bat Avg1: | 8.75 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 17 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Date: | 1 June |
Year: | 2020 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/23231.html Cricinfo |
Malcolm Graeme Wright (2 June 1926 – 20 December 1996) was a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer.[1]
The son of Oswin Ansbert Wright, a member of an Anglo–Burgher family,[2] he was born in British Ceylon at Kandy in June 1926. He later studied in England at St Catherine's College at the University of Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1950, against Warwickshire and Lancashire at Oxford.[4] He scored 35 runs in his two matches, with a high score of 17.[5]
Wright died in the Melbourne suburb of Cheltenham in December 1996, aged 70.[3]